AFAS 222 Lecture 9: African Intellectual Heritage,University of Arizona(p9)
30 Aug 2018
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Sunday, September 3, 2017
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- Ngana-Jigue suggests identity between monkey and interpreter
- jigue is the monkey and the monkey is Esu
- three tricksters in order
- ifa is the god of determinate meanings
- esu us god of indeterminacy
- 1. these myths act as foal points for black theories about formal language use
- writing - Esu and speaking - signifying monkey
- 2. the roles of Esu and Monkey define use of the figurative
- 3. intermediacy of interpretation
The Origin and History of the Black World p. 207
- modern day Africans are aborigines (original inhabitants)
- Africa is cradle of humanity
- first black civilizations were the first civilizations in the world
- earliest sites in Zimbabwe date back to Christian era
- port of Dunford - flourishing trade
- first Nigeria civilization - Not civilization
- Ethiopia is the oldest state in the world
- Ghana overthrown by Portuguese
- Benin Ife civilization displayed close relationship with Egypt
- art represent sculptural classicism
- consistent cultural unity in Africa
